Dear, Trouble

Scarlett Sutton didn't come to Briar University to make friends.

She came to escape.

Escape the whispers.The headlines.The photos.The humiliation that turned her life back home into public entertainment overnight.

At Briar, Scar rebuilt herself into someone untouchable-sharp tongue, colder heart, perfectly controlled. Nobody here knows the truth about the girl she used to be, and she intends to keep it that way.

Then Dean Di Laurentis crashes into her life like a beautiful disaster.

Dean is everything Scar despises about men: arrogant, reckless, shamelessly flirtatious, and surrounded by girls dumb enough to mistake attention for affection. A hockey player with a wicked grin and a reputation she can spot from a mile away.

Dean thinks she's judgmental.Scar thinks he's exactly the kind of man who ruins girls like her.

So why can't they stay away from each other?

Every argument turns into tension.Every glare lasts too long.Every accidental touch feels dangerous.

And the worst part?

Dean sees through her.

He notices the panic hidden behind her composure. The way she never drinks enough to lose control. The way she flinches whenever someone holds her gaze too long. The way loneliness follows her even in crowded rooms.

For the first time since her world fell apart, someone is trying to know her instead of use her.

But Scar learned the hard way that trusting the wrong person can destroy you.

And when the secrets she buried threaten to surface again, Dean might have to prove that he's more than just another mistake waiting to happen.